airsoft510

Im looking for a deep dish wheel for aerodynamics i have a budget of $1500-2000 here are my requirments
-durability maybe 100 miles a month
-clinchers
-carbon with alu. braking surface

also a worker from cycle sport (the one that sponsors healthnet also a high end shop) in oakland ca. said that zipps can last a long time exept for the carbon braking surfaces i looked like him like he was crazy- any coments?

krazyderek

OCP

UmneyDurak

Here is what I don't get. Why would you use expensive wheels for trainning?

airsoft510

they would not be for training they would be for racing and thanks for the advice guys... i love the support

zakk

404's work for every enviornment, situation, and possibility. There are merits to others, but it comes to situations. I'll get a HED disc for TT's and Tri's w/ a 404 front, then run the 404 rear for windy situations, crits, and road races.

I love mine.

airsoft510

what does ocp mean?

UmneyDurak

My bad, I missunderstood.
Explains OCP beginning: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...light=ocp+club

kster

I know that Rolf Prima just announced a carbon wheel, but they aren't available just yet.
https://www.rolfprima.com/products/index.html

Smoothie104

why spend 1600 on clinchers, get some ritchey carbons, (zipp 404 rim, ritchey hubs) or American Classic Carbons (zipp 404 rim, AmClassic Hubs) either way, your under 1300 grams, and less than 1300 dollars.

The get some sub 195 gram tufo tubulars, use the tufo sealant, change out your pads for carbon specific pads (they work just fine on your regular rims) and your all set.

The Tufos will last all year, at least. And you can run 160-180 psi in them. You will be freaking flying. This is the set up I run on race day.

krazyderek

unless you meant 100miles per week, do you really need to drop that kinda dough? the ocp was a joke just based on what you said, maybe you can indicate what kinda racing your doing with 100mile/month trainning?

R600DuraAce

There are no other options. Or the best option is to go carbon tubular. Since you will use the wheels for racing, maybe racing total of 100 miles a month?, learn to mount tubular tires. For $1500+, there are a whole load of very nice and well made carbon tubular wheels (Zipp 303, 404, Reynold's, Easton--formerly Velomax--Tempest II). The worst option is probably picking up a pair of Mavic
Carbon 2005 version. The wheels are over 1500g, same weight as the Ksyrium, but more aero. The other ones are the Hed Alps. Heavier. Not really a carbon wheels but alum rims with carbon fairing glued.

gcasillo

^^^ What he said. Don't spend crazy $ on clinchers. You can get some pretty good carbon tubulars for that kind of money.

zero

I would go with tubulars. Zipp, Reynolds, Cane Creek, or Easton. If you really want a clincher, the mavic carbones are super strong and stiff(not carbon though). HED makes some pretty good aero clinchers for less than a grand.

Heres an awesome link on carbon tubulars, if you go with tubulars it should help you out alot
https://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=32909

my58vw

I would not consider the 2005 cosmic carbone SL's a "bad" choice, they are extemely strong and stiff as heck. True they are an Al rim with carbon fairing, and about 250 grams more than everything else. Clincher version with the Al rim is just shy of 1700 grams, but they are awsome wheels. Now you can get some rolf's and other simular wheels in Al around 1400 grams (50mm sides) at around 1k or so.

I have heard that zipps are great wheels (will be getting a set for my TT bike some day, 999's) but they are not that strong in a crash compared to the carbones. Truthfully any high end wheel is in trouble in a hard crash situation.

Why do you want these wheels again?